Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Mistress☆Fortune
Mistress Fortune

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Cute!! My first Arina Tanemura work and it was so fun and sweet! Following two espers partnered together, they have to work around bettering their powers while also confessing their love for one another. It’s so adorable and definitely deserves more than just one volume. There was surprisingly a lot in the story that I think would do better if it was explored more but because of how simple and to the point the whole story was, I didn’t mind that most of it is left open-ended. I don’t really love the last chapter that felt like an oddly placed filler considering there’s around 5 ... chapters and it focused on side characters that really didn’t need to be explored whatsoever but it was still sort of fun. Will definitely be reading more of her works, I love her art so much!!!

(Copied from my Goodreads)

Mistress Fortune was something I picked up because I love Arina Tanemura. It is, as usual, a magical girl shojo romance(with some comedy).
~STORY~
It is very hard to have an exceptional story for a manga series as short as this(one volume?!). So it wasn't exceptional but it was still very good. It is about a girl named Kisaki who can transform into Fortune Tiara, a heroine with powers fighting of aliens. She teams up with her crush Giniro, who transforms into Fortune Quartz. I really liked the whole girl x boy team because it really tied into the romance.

~ART~
As expected of Tanemura, the art is ... gorgeous!!

~CHARACTER~
Kisaki: In love with Giniro; can transform into Fortune Tiara. She is very cute appearance wise but she is an airhead. But not the annoying kind, she is very funny and adorable.
Giniro: Handsome, can transform into Fortune Quartz. Surprisingly perverted, unlike Tanemura's other male leads. He is also kind of an airhead, on the outside at least. On the inside he is very caring and stubborn.

~ENJOYMENT~
For a one-volume series, it was pretty darn good. Of course, it is one volume so it is light and fun, no real concise plot. But it still deserves recognition because I really enjoyed it.

~OVERALL~
For a light Tanemura read, give it a try. Don't expect a genius plot or the best characters in the world because it is only one volume long.

I’ve actually been a big fan of Arina Tanemura for a long time, ever since I started reading manga. But as an adult, it increasingly feels strange to read her works. In many of her stories, the 14-year-old protagonist is often sexualized, and there are frequently characters who show interest in her in an inappropriate way – which becomes even more problematic when the age difference between the characters is extremely large. In one of those character is , 25-year-old side character who finds the 14-year-old "cute."

Personally, I can’t simply ignore things like that, especially because such age differences are often portrayed as positive or ... at least as acceptable. It’s simply uncomfortable and creates an inappropriate dynamic that I find problematic.

Nonetheless, one has to acknowledge that Tanemura has a talent for beautiful drawings, and the story itself also had sweet moments. However, this problematic aspect unfortunately often overshadows the rest.